2026 NBA draft thread

[mvossman]

Just for fun, I looked back at the last 6 or 7 years’ drafts, paying particular attention to the top 8 picks.

It’s pretty mixed. A few genuine busts. A few genuine stars. A lot of rotation players. Several that it’s just too soon to tell.

I think it’s easy to feel like we’re going to get another star, especially since they just hit a home run with Flagg. But perhaps we should temper our expectations.

It helps that this is (supposed to be) better than most of those drafts.  If they get a top three pick there is reason to have sky high expectations.  If they pick where they are most likely to pick then expectations should probably be quality rotational player with outside shot at something more.  It feels like the most likely outcome is they get what's left of the first tier PGs (Flemmings, Brown, Wagler, Acuff).